Genevieve Morrison, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Genevieve Morrison, Class of 2023, is a third year reporter and co-editor-in-chief for WSPN. She plays field hockey and is a co-captain of the softball team at WHS. She is also secretary of her class's executive board. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her friends, watching movies and reading.
![Posters hang in the mediation training room, the wrestling room, with the plans MetroWest Mediation Services used to conduct their lessons. Im looking forward to becoming a better mediator, junior peer mediator Zackary Goldstein said. [Im excited to] hopefully see a reduction in conflict throughout school or just see the impact mediation makes on people when theyre able to resolve their conflicts.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_4254-900x675.jpg)
![History teacher Laine Winokur is in her second year of teaching at Wayland High School. This year, Winokur has become further involved in the school community as a new advisor for WHS alliance club, a club which focuses on educating people on LGBTQ+ issues and providing a safe space for queer students. “Especially the safe space part [is important to me],” Winokur said. “We’re very lucky in the part of the country we live in and the community that we live in that, in general, it is a fairly safe place to live. But I do think it’s important for our students to have an even safer safe space.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AFEA5AD6-4D1A-43A0-A9AE-C9A733160511_1_201_a.jpeg)
![Sophomore Luke Chisum finishes first in the freshman three kilometer race at the DCL Championship Meet in 2021. This year, I want to get around 16:30 for a five [kilometer race], Chisum said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jkmAbCUUjw5yjE8RwUZibyojsoKHmWEwan85kJDW-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Xande Santos sprints with the ball, attempting to keep it in control. Santos scored the game winning goal during overtime. It felt amazing to score the first [goal] and the overtime winning goal, Santos said. The energy from the fans and the team was electric. I think we played very well and dominated the first half for sure. I’m excited to play our next game against Marlborough because we have a lot of potential.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/05E1ED9E-E7F8-4B59-BD0B-12061FE0606E_1_201_a-X3-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Ava Tang dresses in New Balance, Levis and thrifted clothing. Tangs favorite piece of clothing to dress in are sweaters. I think there [are] a lot of different patterns you can find or different bright colors with different fabrics and stuff,” Tang said](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_5803-L.jpg)
![Junior Hunter Harris exercises during a Weightlifting Club meeting in the weight room. I started [Weightlifting Club] to be a friendly face in the gym and to help others that are also trying to get into lifting, Harris said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/8Yni8LNj3O6pYMiN5FwOJKxD8r5dFBWBjp8xSSG6-e1641830655686-900x601.png)
![Senior Garrett Spooner displays his chef Halloween costume in the parking lot. [The costume] was very cheap, easy to get, Spooner said. The only thing I had to get was the hat, which was nice.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG-4131-X4-900x675.jpg)
![Natick High School junior Jake Blatnica received USA Todays Special Olympics Athlete of the Year Award. I think [the best part] was just getting to see that if you work really hard other people will recognize it too, Jakes mother Becky Blatnica said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TB2wDPlZG4O1iUy0iA7pRDQZfN6wbVL1ouki3hP0-e1630593950179-900x600.jpeg)
